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Jessica Satterstrom

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Under Yazoo Clay

Not Where We Go

1688.256

Grandmother was the quintessential Southern belle in my memory.

Under Yazoo Clay

Not Where We Go

1789.82

I remember you telling me about it. Do you? Yeah. I was in high school. And it seemed like, wow, it's such a mystery in the family. I had no idea. And then not long after, I asked grandmother about her father. And I said, some doesn't like, I don't, tell me about your father. And grandmother looked surprised. And she said he was an optometrist. And then her eyes filled up with tears.

Under Yazoo Clay

Not Where We Go

1819.619

And then everything shut down. And then it was just back to the silence.

Under Yazoo Clay

Not Where We Go

1905.274

It gets buried down so deep that any kind of scratch of the surface bubbles up this uncontrollable emotional response that then has to be tamped down quick. And then everybody just stopped talking about it because something got awkward. So back to the silence.

Under Yazoo Clay

Not Where We Go

2001.005

She never knew it happened.

Under Yazoo Clay

Not Where We Go

2005.79

I didn't know about it until the New York Times. Until I told the New York Times.

Under Yazoo Clay

Not Where We Go

3367.005

I feel like it gives me a much better view of the man, the person behind the legend in our family. You know, he's been this figure of mystery, but hearing these kind of personal details, it sounds like he was a gentle person. He seems very pleasant.